Israel Detains Journalists as Settlers Burn Olive Trees, Attack Palestinian Farmers
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Israeli occupation forces detained two journalists as settlers attacked West Bank towns and villages, following 530 documented arrests of Palestinians during September alone.
Key Takeaways
- Israeli occupation forces detained journalists Sami al-Shami and Raja Marouf Jabr during separate raids near Nablus and Jenin early Sunday.
- Illegal Israeli settlers attacked farmers, schoolchildren, homes and vehicles across the West Bank, burning olive trees and damaging agricultural land.
- A Palestinian monitoring center documented 530 arrests in September, including 39 children and 15 women and girls, alongside more than 625 administrative detention orders.
Two Journalists Arrested During Home Raids
Israeli occupation forces detained two Palestinian journalists during separate raids in the occupied West Bank early Sunday, Quds News Network reported.
In Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus, Israeli occupation forces entered the town and raided several homes before arresting journalist Sami al-Shami and a number of young men.
In Arraba, south of Jenin, forces raided the home of journalist Raja Marouf Jabr, searched and disturbed its contents, and arrested her, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.
The arrests followed a month in which the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate documented 84 violations against journalists and media workers.
Its August report recorded seven arrests and 30 incidents involving detention or the prevention of press crews from working. It also documented a journalist wounded by gunfire, six assaults, six incidents involving death threats or the brandishing of weapons, and seven cases of confiscation or deletion of journalistic material.
The syndicate recorded the death of a journalist inside Israeli prisons during the month, alongside 10 incidents involving tear gas and three settler attacks. Other violations included damage to or confiscation of equipment and raids on media institutions and journalists’ homes.
In Gaza, the Government Media Office said 262 journalists and media workers had been killed since the beginning of the genocide, including 26 women, while more than 433 had been injured.
The office reported that 50 journalists and media professionals whose names were known had been arrested, with 23 still detained. Three journalists remained missing, and 28 influential media activists had been killed.
It also said 32 families of killed journalists had been wiped out and 53 journalists’ homes had been wholly or partially destroyed. The office described the attacks on journalists, their families, workplaces and equipment as part of a policy aimed at restricting reporting from Gaza.
Settlers Attack Students, Farmers and Homes
Meanwhile, illegal Israeli Jewish settler attacks over the preceding 24 hours affected towns and villages across the occupied West Bank, targeting Palestinian residents, olive trees, agricultural land, vehicles and homes, Quds News Network reported.
Near Jenin, the Palestinian Red Crescent said a man was injured in a settler assault in Arrabuna. Settlers also set fire to Palestinian land in Jaba’, south of Jenin, and Beit Imrin, northwest of Nablus.
In Huwwara, south of Nablus, illegal settlers attacked students heading to Huwwara Boys Secondary School. Residents confronted settler attacks in the town and in nearby Osarin.
During the Osarin attack, illegal settlers damaged Palestinian vehicles and assaulted residents. Red Crescent crews treated a man who had been severely beaten during an attack on farmers.
Armed settlers accompanied by Israeli occupation forces also attacked farmers on the outskirts of Burin. Other attacks targeted farmers south of Baqa al-Hatab, east of Qalqilya, while illegal settlers released livestock onto Palestinian land in the Al-Dhahra area of Beita.
In Awarta, settlers entered the village and performed religious rituals at the Al-Uzair shrine.
Around Ramallah, settlers carried out excavation and bulldozing on Palestinian land in Umm Safa, threw stones at vehicles on the Marj Si’a road between Abu Falah and Al-Mughayyir, and assaulted farmers in Deir Dibwan.
In Rantis, west of Ramallah, members of a Palestinian family were injured in another settler attack.
Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers burned more than 50 olive trees on a resident’s land in Abu Dis, near occupied East Jerusalem, as well as ancient olive trees in the surrounding wilderness.
In Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron (Al-Khalil), illegal settlers released cattle near Palestinian homes in Khallat al-Homs and attacked homes in Wadi al-Rakheem. In Wadi Jheish, near As-Samu, settlers attacked a house, burned a vehicle and wrote hostile slogans.
September Arrests Include Children and Women
The Palestinian Center for Prisoner Studies documented 530 arrests by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem during September, including 39 children and 15 women and girls.
The center said its total excluded hundreds of Palestinians subjected to temporary mass detention during raids. Those detained in the field were held for hours, with some subjected to beatings, insults and threats before release, according to its monthly report cited by Quds News Network.
The youngest child arrested was 13-year-old Habib Allah al-Qawasmeh from Hebron. The center said some children were transferred to detention and interrogation facilities, while others received administrative detention orders.
Approximately 360 Palestinian children remain detained in the children’s sections of Megiddo and Ofer prisons, according to the center.
Women arrested during September included journalist Naqa Hamed from Ramallah, who was held for two weeks on incitement charges before being released. Jerusalem activist Khadija Suweis received orders banning her from Al-Aqsa Mosque and preventing her from traveling.
The report also documented the death of 21-year-old Mu’taz Nizam al-Atrash from Hebron inside Ofer prison.
Al-Atrash was arrested in October 2025 and placed in administrative detention, which was renewed twice. His health deteriorated before his death, the center said, holding Israeli authorities responsible and accusing them of torture, medical neglect, starvation and abuse.
According to the center, his death brought the number of Palestinians who have died in Israeli custody since 1967 to 329, including 92 since October 7, 2023.
Israeli authorities issued more than 625 administrative detention orders during September, encompassing new orders and extensions.
The center also documented the transfer of prisoners to administrative detention after their sentences expired, including Amir Allan from Nablus, whose seven-and-a-half-year sentence had ended.
Regarding Gaza, the center said 61 detainees were released during September, many in poor physical and psychological condition, with some requiring hospital treatment. It also reported the arrest of 10 fishermen while working off the Gaza City coast.
(PC, QNN)
